This is Life with Shawn Johnson
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Displaying 4 items of This is Life with Shawn Johnson with the tag "patience".
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Episode 032: Don't be a slave to fear!
March 13th, 2020 | 28 mins 40 secs
compassion, coronavirus, covid19, fear, patience, peace, sound mind
Fear, Panic, Toilet Paper, Costco, Cancellations, Pandemic, WHO, CDC...all words you will hear within 5 minutes of any news broadcast during March 2020. We are under attack but who or what are we under attack from? The Spirit of Fear. Take control of fear, do not let it control you. Through love and compassion we can overcome any obstacle (or virus) that comes our way.
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Episode 024: His Grace IS sufficient
December 20th, 2019 | 34 mins 14 secs
bulldog, freedom, grace, heaviness, love, patience, persecution, suffering
During the last week of October, I was facing one of the hardest decisions of my life. I was saying goodbye to my best friend and sidekick, my English Bulldog Isabela. I put this episode away and figured eventually I'd be ready to release it. Being that in the coming week we will celebrate the greatest gift of all in Jesus Christ, what better time to teach and hear about the goodness of God's grace even when we are burdened by the weight of this world.
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Episode 005: Sympathy vs. Empathy - Compassion
August 2nd, 2019 | 33 mins 4 secs
compassion, empathy, golden rule, love, patience, sympathy
The world needs more compassion, we all know this. What are simple things you and I can do to become more compassionate? The first step is to understand the difference between sympathy and empathy. Once these fundamental understandings are perfected we are spring boarded into a whole new existence where we become others-centered rather than self-centered.
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Episode 001: Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good
July 12th, 2019 | 31 mins 38 secs
angels, bible, christianity, endurance, evil, faith, fruits, god, goodness, hope, jesus, life, long-suffering, love, patience, peace, spirit, struggles, trials, tribulations
Trials and tribulations are a part of life, but there is a path to hope and peace even in the midst of these trials. Mere existence does not promise smooth sailing but we are promised that we are never alone in the journey. Join Pastor Shawn as he encourages us to keep fighting the good fight even when we are suffering. God sends his blessings on the just and the unjust and all are deserving and worthy of his goodness. How can we see this goodness when life's troubles are so overwhelming?